Millburys May Birthdays Charles Bowler Atwood Charles Bowler Atwood was the son of Millbury town dignitary David Atwood and the step-uncle of Millbury Olympian Lawrence Atwood Whitney. Although Charles was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts on May 18, 1849, he was raised in Millbury in the huge house on Miles Street behind the present-day Turgeon Funeral Home. Charles was a renowned American architect having studied in Worcester, Boston, and Harvard University. Charles designed winning plans for cities and wealthy patrons throughout the country, but his magnum opus was the Columbian Exposition of Chicago in 1891. He was summoned to Paris to assist in the plans for the Paris Exposition, but could not complete this task as he died in Chicago on December 19, 1895. His remains were brought back to Millbury where they were interred in Central Cemetery.
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